Low Latency 40-Gbps Ethernet IP Core User Guide

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Date 3/08/2021
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Document Table of Contents x
1. About the LL 40GbE IP Core 2. Getting Started 3. Functional Description 4. Debugging the Link A. Arria 10 10GBASE-KR Registers B. Additional Information
1. About the LL 40GbE IP Core x
1.1. LL 40GbE IP Core Supported Features 1.2. IP Core Device Family and Speed Grade Support 1.3. IP Core Verification 1.4. Performance and Resource Utilization 1.5. Release Information
1.2. IP Core Device Family and Speed Grade Support x
1.2.1. LL 40GbE IP Core Device Family Support 1.2.2. LL 40GbE IP Core Device Speed Grade Support
1.3. IP Core Verification x
1.3.1. Simulation Environment 1.3.2. Compilation Checking 1.3.3. Hardware Testing
1.4. Performance and Resource Utilization x
1.4.1. Arria 10 Resource Utilization 1.4.2. Stratix V Resource Utilization
2. Getting Started x
2.1. Installation and Licensing for LL 40GbE IP Core for Stratix® V Devices 2.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 2.3. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options 2.4. IP Core Parameters 2.5. Files Generated for Stratix V Variations 2.6. Files Generated for Arria 10 Variations 2.7. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design 2.8. IP Core Testbenches 2.9. Compiling the Full Design and Programming the FPGA 2.10. Initializing the IP Core
2.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
2.2.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
2.7. Integrating Your IP Core in Your Design x
2.7.1. Pin Assignments 2.7.2. External Transceiver Reconfiguration Controller Required in Stratix V Designs 2.7.3. Transceiver PLL Required in Arria 10 Designs 2.7.4. Handling Potential Jitter in Intel® Arria® 10 Devices 2.7.5. External Time-of-Day Module for Variations with 1588 PTP Feature 2.7.6. Clock Requirements for 40GBASE-KR4 Variations 2.7.7. External TX MAC PLL 2.7.8. Placement Settings for the LL 40GbE Core
2.8. IP Core Testbenches x
2.8.1. Testbench Behavior 2.8.2. Simulating the LL 40GbE IP Core With the Testbenches
2.8.2. Simulating the LL 40GbE IP Core With the Testbenches x
2.8.2.1. Generating the LL 40GbE Testbench 2.8.2.2. Optimizing the IP Core Simulation With the Testbenches 2.8.2.3. Optimization in the 40GBASE-KR4 Testbench 2.8.2.4. Simulating with the Modelsim Simulator 2.8.2.5. Simulating with the NCSim Simulator 2.8.2.6. Simulating with the VCS Simulator 2.8.2.7. Testbench Output Example
3. Functional Description x
3.1. High Level System Overview 3.2. LL 40GbE IP Core Functional Description 3.3. Signals 3.4. Software Interface: Registers 3.5. Ethernet Glossary
3.2. LL 40GbE IP Core Functional Description x
3.2.1. LL 40GbE IP Core TX Datapath 3.2.2. LL 40GbE IP Core TX Data Bus Interfaces 3.2.3. LL 40GbE IP Core RX Datapath 3.2.4. LL 40GbE IP Core RX Data Bus Interfaces 3.2.5. External Reconfiguration Controller 3.2.6. External Transceiver PLL 3.2.7. External TX MAC PLL 3.2.8. Congestion and Flow Control Using Pause Frames 3.2.9. Pause Control and Generation Interface 3.2.10. Pause Control Frame Filtering 3.2.11. Link Fault Signaling Interface 3.2.12. Statistics Counters Interface 3.2.13. 1588 Precision Time Protocol Interfaces 3.2.14. PHY Status Interface 3.2.15. Transceiver PHY Serial Data Interface 3.2.16. Low Latency 40GBASE-KR4 IP Core Variations 3.2.17. Control and Status Interface 3.2.18. Arria 10 Transceiver Reconfiguration Interface 3.2.19. Clocks 3.2.20. Resets
3.2.1. LL 40GbE IP Core TX Datapath x
3.2.1.1. Preamble, Start, and SFD Insertion 3.2.1.2. Address Insertion 3.2.1.3. Length/Type Field Processing 3.2.1.4. Frame Padding 3.2.1.5. Frame Check Sequence (CRC-32) Insertion 3.2.1.6. Inter-Packet Gap Generation and Insertion 3.2.1.7. Error Insertion Test and Debug Feature
3.2.2. LL 40GbE IP Core TX Data Bus Interfaces x
3.2.2.1. LL 40GbE IP Core User Interface Data Bus 3.2.2.2. LL 40GbE IP Core TX Data Bus with Adapters (Avalon-ST Interface) 3.2.2.3. LL 40GbE IP Core TX Data Bus Without Adapters (Custom Streaming Interface) 3.2.2.4. Bus Quantization Effects With Adapters 3.2.2.5. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission
3.2.2.5. User Interface to Ethernet Transmission x
3.2.2.5.1. Order of Transmission
3.2.3. LL 40GbE IP Core RX Datapath x
3.2.3.1. LL 40GbE IP Core RX Filtering 3.2.3.2. LL 40GbE IP Core Preamble Processing 3.2.3.3. IP Core Strict SFD Checking 3.2.3.4. LL 40GbE IP Core FCS (CRC-32) Removal 3.2.3.5. LL 40GbE IP Core CRC Checking 3.2.3.6. LL 40GbE IP Core Malformed Packet Handling 3.2.3.7. RX CRC Forwarding 3.2.3.8. Inter-Packet Gap 3.2.3.9. Pause Ignore 3.2.3.10. Control Frame Identification
3.2.4. LL 40GbE IP Core RX Data Bus Interfaces x
3.2.4.1. LL 40GbE IP Core User Interface Data Bus 3.2.4.2. LL 40GbE IP Core RX Data Bus with Adapters (Avalon-ST Interface) 3.2.4.3. LL 40GbE IP Core RX Data Bus Without Adapters (Custom Streaming Interface)
3.2.8. Congestion and Flow Control Using Pause Frames x
3.2.8.1. Conditions Triggering XOFF Frame Transmission 3.2.8.2. Conditions Triggering XON Frame Transmission
3.2.12. Statistics Counters Interface x
3.2.12.1. OctetOK Count Interface
3.2.13. 1588 Precision Time Protocol Interfaces x
3.2.13.1. Implementing a 1588 System That Includes a LL 40GbE Core 3.2.13.2. PTP Receive Functionality 3.2.13.3. PTP Transmit Functionality 3.2.13.4. External Time-of-Day Module for 1588 PTP Variations 3.2.13.5. PTP Timestamp and TOD Formats 3.2.13.6. 1588 PTP Interface Signals
3.3. Signals x
3.3.1. LL 40GbE IP Core Signals
3.4. Software Interface: Registers x
3.4.1. LL 40GbE IP Core Registers 3.4.2. LL 40GbE Hardware Design Example Registers
3.4.1. LL 40GbE IP Core Registers x
3.4.1.1. PHY Registers 3.4.1.2. Link Fault Signaling Registers 3.4.1.3. LL 40GBASE-KR4 Registers 3.4.1.4. LL 40GbE IP Core MAC Configuration Registers 3.4.1.5. Pause Registers 3.4.1.6. TX Statistics Registers 3.4.1.7. RX Statistics Registers 3.4.1.8. 1588 PTP Registers
3.4.2. LL 40GbE Hardware Design Example Registers x
3.4.2.1. Packet Client Registers
4. Debugging the Link x
4.1. Creating a Signal Tap Debug File to Match Your Design Hierarchy
A. Arria 10 10GBASE-KR Registers x
A.1. 10GBASE-KR PHY Register Definitions
B. Additional Information x
B.1. LL 40GbE IP Core User Guide Archives B.2. LL 40GbE IP Core User Guide Revision History
1. About the LL 40GbE IP Core
2. Getting Started
3. Functional Description
4. Debugging the Link
A. Arria 10 10GBASE-KR Registers
B. Additional Information

2.6. Files Generated for Arria 10 Variations

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software generates the following IP core output file structure when targeting Arria 10 devices.

For information about the file structure of the design example, refer to the LL 40GbE Design Example User Guide.

Figure 6.  LL 40GbE IP Core Generated Files for Arria 10 Variations


Table 13.  IP Core Generated Files

File Name

Description

<your_ip>.qsys ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition only)

The Platform Designer (Standard) system or top-level IP variation file. <your_ip> is the name that you give your IP variation.

<your_ip>.ip ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition only)

<system>.sopcinfo

Describes the connections and IP component parameterizations in your Platform Designer (Standard) system. You can parse its contents to get requirements when you develop software drivers for IP components. ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition only)

Downstream tools such as the Nios® II tool chain use this file. The .sopcinfo file and the system.h file generated for the Nios® II tool chain include address map information for each slave relative to each master that accesses the slave. Different masters may have a different address map to access a particular slave component.

<your_ip>.cmp The VHDL Component Declaration (.cmp) file is a text file that contains local generic and port definitions that you can use in VHDL design files.

This IP core does not support VHDL. However, the Intel® Quartus® Prime software generates this file.

<your_ip>.html

A report that contains connection information, a memory map showing the address of each slave with respect to each master to which it is connected, and parameter assignments.

<your_ip>_generation.rpt IP or Platform Designer (Standard) generation log file. A summary of the messages during IP generation.
<your_ip>.debuginfo Contains post-generation information. Used to pass System Console and Bus Analyzer Toolkit information about the Platform Designer (Standard) interconnect. The Bus Analysis Toolkit uses this file to identify debug components in the Platform Designer (Standard) interconnect. ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition only)
<your_ip>.qgsimc Lists simulation parameters to support incremental regeneration. ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition only)
<your_ip>.qgsynthc Lists synthesis parameters to support incremental regeneration. ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition only)
<your_ip>.qip

Contains all the required information about the IP component to integrate and compile the IP component in the Intel® Quartus® Prime.

<your_ip>.csv Contains information about the upgrade status of the IP component.

<your_ip>.bsf

A Block Symbol File (.bsf) representation of the IP variation for use in Intel® Quartus® Prime Block Diagram Files (.bdf).

<your_ip>.spd

Required input file for ip-make-simscript to generate simulation scripts for supported simulators. The .spd file contains a list of files generated for simulation, along with information about memories that you can initialize.

<your_ip>.ppf The Pin Planner File (.ppf) stores the port and node assignments for IP components created for use with the Pin Planner.
<your_ip>_bb.v You can use the Verilog black-box (_bb.v) file as an empty module declaration for use as a black box.
<your_ip>.sip Contains information required for NativeLink simulation of IP components. You must add the .sip file to your Intel® Quartus® Prime project.
<your_ip>_inst.v or _inst.vhd HDL example instantiation template. You can copy and paste the contents of this file into your HDL file to instantiate the IP variation.

This IP core does not support VHDL. However, the Intel® Quartus® Prime software generates this file.

<your_ip>.regmap If IP contains register information, .regmap file generates. The .regmap file describes the register map information of master and slave interfaces. This file complements the .sopcinfo file by providing more detailed register information about the system. This enables register display views and user customizable statistics in the System Console.
<your_ip>.svd

Allows hard processor system (HPS) System Debug tools to view the register maps of peripherals connected to HPS within a Platform Designer (Standard) system.

During synthesis, the .svd files for slave interfaces visible to System Console masters are stored in the .sof file in the debug section. System Console reads this section, which Platform Designer (Standard) can query for register map information. For system slaves, Platform Designer (Standard) can access the registers by name.

<your_ip>.v

or

<your_ip>.vhd 		HDL files that instantiate each submodule or child IP core for synthesis or simulation.

This IP core does not support VHDL. However, the Intel® Quartus® Prime software generates this file.

mentor/

Contains a ModelSim* script msim_setup.tcl to set up and run a simulation.

aldec/

Contains a Riviera-PRO* script rivierapro_setup.tcl to setup and run a simulation.

synopsys/vcs/

synopsys/vcsmx/

Contains a shell script vcs_setup.sh to set up and run a VCS® simulation.

Contains a shell script vcsmx_setup.sh and synopsys_ sim.setup file to set up and run a VCS* MX simulation.

cadence/

Contains a shell script ncsim_setup.sh and other setup files to set up and run an NCSIM simulation.

submodules/ Contains HDL files for the IP core submodule.
<child IP cores>/ For each generated child IP core directory, Platform Designer (Standard) generates synth/ andsim/ sub-directories.
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